September 2017

HARARE – Police ran riot in Harare yesterday as they indiscriminately shot at pedestrians and motorists after they ruthlessly descended on protesters who were demonstrating against the deteriorating economic situation that has triggered a wave of price increases and shortages of some basic commodities. Daring demonstrators had caught the law enforcement agents unawares and caused…

HARARE – Illegal foreign currency dealers disappeared from the streets yesterday and immediately went underground following the promulgation of harsh regulations that criminalise cash vending without permission from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). A survey by the Daily News showed yesterday that illegal foreign exchange trading points in the major cities of Harare and…

HARARE – Two journalists from the Daily News were yesterday left for dead after police fired rubber bullets at them while they were covering a demonstration that rocked parts of Harare’s central business district. The police, who were indiscriminately firing pellets at civilians, seriously injured Daily News senior reporter Mugove Tafirenyika and photo-journalist Brighton Goko…

HARARE – Telecommunications magnate Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet Media-owned Kwese TV through its partner Dr Dish (Private) Limited has won an urgent chamber application in which it sought permission to continue broadcasting pending a Supreme Court appeal filed by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz). High Court judge Charles Hungwe granted the order. Dr Dish’s lawyer…

HARARE – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tendai Biti has allayed claims that his party has split adding that he is leaving the door open for the party’s secretary-general Gorden Moyo and his colleagues who purportedly sacked the former Finance minister from the party. Moyo announced on Thursday that they had sacked Biti as leader…

HARARE – One million people living with HIV and Aids are facing serious health risks due to an acute shortage of life-saving anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs, a result of foreign currency shortages. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) along with the Zimbabwe Network of People Living with HIV…

BULAWAYO – The 10th edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani Tourism expo which kicked off this week and ends tomorrow has recorded a significant increase in the number of exhibitors and international buyers. This year’s event has attracted 22 foreign exhibitor stands from 12 countries among them South Africa, Ghana, Mozambique, Uganda and Rwanda. At least 150…

HARARE – Medical insurers have claimed there is nothing wrong with them operating medical facilities, as debate on conflict of interest looms. In a presentation made to the Health ministry on the Medical Aid Societies Bill the Association of Healthcare Funders Association said there was no justification of them making recommendations of service providers. “It…

HARARE – Legislators on Tuesday expressed shock over underage commercial sex work in Epworth, Hopley and Caledonia and called on the government to swoop on and arrest paedophiles who are targeting poverty-ravaged young girls, raping and sexually exploiting them. Presenting her motion in the National Assembly on sexual abuse of young girls Proportional Representation MP…